Curly-Headed Doctor

Curly-Headed Doctor (1828-1890) was the spiritual leader of the Modoc tribe of northern California.

Biography
Curly-Headed Doctor was born in 1828 to the Modoc tribe of California, and he became the spiritual leader of the Modoc tribe. He initially supported peace with the whites, but he later subscribed to Modoc indepedence, learning the Ghost Dance from a Paiute Indian. On 29 November 1872, he led dances to support Modoc warriors at the Battle of Lost River during the Modoc War with the United States, and he was credited with raising fog in the area during the US Army's first attack on Captain Jack's Stronghold in January 1873. After the war, Curly-Headed Doctor headed into exile with the rest of the tribe in Oklahoma, where he died in 1890.